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  Chain Reaction - A Story About...

  Shawn Connors

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  The year is 2027. A 19-year-old science polymath, Amy Austin, takes on environmentalist and Academy Award-winning actor Josh Manning in a debate over the fate of a nuclear plant in rural Michigan. But all is not as it seems. Amy is building a new nuclear reactor. The technology is 30 years ahead…Small…Light…Safe…Powerful…and Affordable. 
  The world energy market, already in disarray, is controlled by some of the most powerful people on Earth who start making their moves ahead of the disruption they know Amy’s reactor will cause. A Chain Reaction ripples around the globe. As an ecoterrorist cell moves against Amy, her loyal group of unlikely characters risks everything to protect and help her. There is no going back. Time is running out. It’s now or never in a breathtaking and dangerous race to save the planet. From ourselves.

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  Close to Home - The Wonders of...

  Thor Hanson

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  An award-winning natural-history writer opens the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks    We all live on nature’s doorstep, but we often overlook it. From backyards to local parks, the natural places we see the most may well be the ones we know the least.     In Close to Home, biologist Thor Hanson shows how retraining our eyes reveals hidden wonders just waiting to be discovered. In Kansas City, migrating monarch butterflies flock to the local zoo. In the Pacific Northwest, fierce yellowjackets placidly sip honeydew, unseen in the treetops. In New England, a lawn gone slightly wild hosts a naturalist's life's work. And in the soil beneath our feet, remedies for everything from breast cancer to the stench of skunks lie waiting for someone’s searching shovel.     Close to Home is a hands-on natural history for any local patch of Earth. It shows that we each can contribute to science and improve the health of our planet. And even more, it proves that the wonders of nature don’t lie in some far-off land: they await us, close to home.

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  US Military WWII Interrogation...

  US Military

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  With the United States’ entry into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the first peacetime civilian intelligence agency in 1941–the Office of the Coordinator of Information. This office was designed to organize the activities of several agencies. In 1942, a larger and more diversified agency, the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of today’s Central Intelligence Agency was created. This recording includes a short lecture on methods of interrogation, treatment of prisoners, understanding German and Japanese culture, procedures for ground forces that capture prisoners, and the use of practice interrogations.

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  The First Three Minutes - A...

  Steve Weinberg

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  A Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened at the very beginning of the universe, and how we know“Science writing at its best.” ―New York Review of Books   Our universe has been growing for nearly fourteen billion years. But almost everything about it can be traced back to what happened in just the first three minutes of its existence. In this book, Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg describes in wonderful detail what happened in these first three minutes. It is an exhilarating journey that begins with the Planck Epoch―the earliest period of time in the history of the universe―and goes through Einstein's Theory of Relativity, the Hubble red shift, and the detection of the cosmic microwave background. These incredible discoveries all form the foundation for what we now understand as the "standard model" of the origin of the universe. Clearly and accessibly written,The First Three Minutes is a modern-day classic, an unsurpassed explanation of where it is that everything really comes from.

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  Ballistic - The New Science of...

  Henry Abbott

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  Blending cutting-edge science with gripping storytelling, award-winning data journalist and competitive amateur athlete Henry Abbott reveals that we are on the cusp of a new era in sports medicine, built around the science of ballistic movements—leaping and landing—and the unique fingerprint of your body's physics. 
   
   
   
  Abbott's inspiring narrative tells the story of sports scientist Dr. Marcus Elliott and the Peak Performance Project (P3), who use technology to study how athletes move and why they get hurt. Applying machine learning and lessons from biomechanics, medicine, and physiology, doctors at P3 can now detect elevated risk of an ACL tear or a pulled hamstring like an echocardiogram can see warning signs of a heart attack. 
   
   
   
  Through riveting stories of elite athletes overcoming injuries and pushing themselves to the limit, Abbott presents an evidence-based case for intervening early to protect our bodies. And he suggests that we can all harness the science of ballistic movement not just to run fast or jump high but to move with joy and lead fulfilling athletic lives.

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  Men From The West - Battle For...

  Anonyme

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  Five years have passed since the Black Sky War tore through Earth. Humanity has rebuilt, but the scars of the past still linger. Jack Steele, the fearless survivor of Rivertown, and his allies carry the memories of friends, family, and loved ones lost to the alien invaders, the Aliens. 
  Commander Xylox, the massive and ruthless alien general who once brought humanity to the brink of destruction, has returned. His fleet is larger, deadlier, and more determined than ever. Earth’s cities, forests, and towns tremble under the shadow of his mothership, and every human alive knows that the fight ahead will demand courage, sacrifice, and ingenuity like never before. 
  Jack Steele is no longer just a survivor. He is a leader. Alongside familiar faces from Book One and new heroes who have joined the resistance, Jack must train, strategize, and face terrifying enemies. Among the new warriors are men and women driven by vengeance  each carrying their own losses, fears, and secrets. Together, they will test every weapon humanity has developed: hybrid energy rifles, EMP bombs, flamethrowers, explosives, and tactical traps derived from alien technology. 
  From tense night raids to daring sabotage missions, from skirmishes across scorched landscapes to massive confrontations with aliens twice the size of humans, this story plunges readers into a relentless battle for survival. Friends will fall. Villages will burn. Choices will weigh heavy on Jack and his allies as the line between victory and death blurs with every passing moment. 
  But this is not just a story of war. It is a story of hope. It is a story of humanity learning to rise from ashes, to fight back when the odds seem impossible, and to stand together even when fear and grief threaten to overwhelm them. Through courage, strategy, and sheer determination, humans learn that survival is not enough  they must reclaim their world. 
  Men From The West: The Alines Fall

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